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Karl Popper [1902-1994] Austrian

Sir Karl Raimund Popper CH FBA FRS was an Austrian-British philosopher and professor. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the 20th century.

Science, Art, Attitude, Knowledge, Technology

Quote	Tags	Rank
Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.	Art, Science	101
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.		102
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.		103
In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.		104
Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.	Knowledge	105
We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.		106
Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.		107
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.	Science	108
We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.		109
It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.		110
No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.	Attitude	111
Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.	Technology	112
There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world.		113

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